25Synonyms found for leaf through

Word Origin & History

leaf O.E. leaf "leaf of a plant, page of a book," from P.Gmc. *laubaz (cf. O.S. lof, O.N. lauf, O.Fris. laf, Du. loof, O.H.G. loub, Ger. Laub, Goth. lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off" (cf. Lith. luobas, O.C.S. lubu "bark, rind"). Extended 15c. to very thin sheets of metal (esp. gold). Meaning "hinged flap on the side of a table" is from 1550s. The verb meaning "to turn over (the pages of a book)" is from 1660s; the sense of a book page is that in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s).